Soccer-Leverkusen's CEO unveils 'gentleman's agreement' to let coach Alonso go


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - St. Pauli v Bayer Leverkusen - Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany - April 20, 2025 Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso after the match REUTERS/Carmen Jaspersen/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen and their coach Xabi Alonso have a "gentleman's agreement" that would allow the Spanish manager to leave if one of the clubs he played for during his career calls him up, the German club's CEO Fernando Carro said on Monday.

The 43-year-old former midfielder, who had a remarkable career playing for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and his childhood club Real Sociedad, has been rumored as the strongest candidate to succeed Carlo Ancelotti in the Spanish capital.

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